Jong Michael, Mendez Ivar, Jong Robert
a Department of Family Medicine , Memorial University of Newfoundland , Happy Valley-Goose Bay , NL , Canada.
b Saskatoon Health Region , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2019 Jan-Dec;78(2):1554174. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2018.1554174.
The cost of providing health care in northern Canada is higher than the rest of Canada. Telehealth has the potential to reduce health care expenditures. Yet this is still underutilised in Canada and globally. This paper describes the services provided through telehealth in some northern regions of Canada. It provides recommendations on the requirements for setting up real presence telehealth and how utilisation can be enhanced. Telehealth offers potential benefits for health outcomes by increasing access to healthcare, and reducing expenditures.
在加拿大北部提供医疗保健的成本高于加拿大其他地区。远程医疗有降低医疗保健支出的潜力。然而,在加拿大乃至全球,远程医疗的利用率仍然很低。本文描述了加拿大一些北部地区通过远程医疗提供的服务。它就建立实体远程医疗的要求以及如何提高利用率提供了建议。远程医疗通过增加医疗保健的可及性和降低支出,为健康结果带来潜在益处。